• Country
• Netherlands

• Manufacturer / Brand
• Philips; Eindhoven (tubes international!); Miniwatt

• Year
• 1949

• Category
• Broadcast Receiver - or past WW2 Tuner

• Radiomuseum.org ID
• 135182

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• Number of Tubes
• 5

• Valves / Tubes
• ECH21 EAF42 EAF42 EL42 AZ41

• Main principle
• Superheterodyne (common); ZF/IF 452 kHz; 2 AF stage(s)

• Tuned circuits
• 6 AM circuit(s)

• Wave bands
• Broadcast, Long Wave and more than two Short Wave bands.

• Power type and voltage
• Line / Storage batteries (perhaps also batteries) / 110; 125; 145; 200; 220; 245 / 6 Volt

• Loudspeaker
• Permanent Magnet Dynamic (PDyn) Loudspeaker (moving coil) / Ø 19 cm = 7.5 inch

• Power out
• 1.5 W (unknown quality)

• Material
• Bakelite case

• from Radiomuseum.org
• Model: BX485AV - Philips; Eindhoven tubes

• Shape
• Tablemodel, low profile (big size).

• Dimensions (WHD)
• 470 x 300 x 230 mm / 18.5 x 11.8 x 9.1 inch

• Notes
• This radio can work with a 6V storage battery as well as with AC mains. It includes a vibrating convertor for that purpose.
   
  AM radio for external antenna:
  • LW: 147,5 - 420 kHz.
  • BC: 517 - 1620 kHz.
  • SW1: 1,96 - 6 MHz.
  • SW2: 5,94 - 9,46 MHz.
  • SW3: 9,43 - 15,15 MHz.
  • SW4: 11,67 - 18,75 MHz.
  • SW5: 17,75 - 28,04 MHz.
  Loudspeaker: 9686-05 (5Ω).
  Dial lamps: 2x 8045D (E10, 6.3V/320mA).

  Price in Uruguay 1951: $525.

• Net weight (2.2 lb = 1 kg)
• 10.5 kg / 23 lb 2 oz (23.128 lb)

• Literature/Schematics (1)
• -- Original-techn. papers.

• Author
• Model page created by Hinrich Grensemann † 15.5.16. See "Data change" for further contributors.

• Other Models

• Here you find 5250 models, 4394 with images and 3450 with schematics for wireless sets etc. In French: TSF for Télégraphie sans fil.
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